VOLKSWAGEN Images and Specifications

Volkswagen 1500 1961

Volkswagen Beetle 1938

Volkswagen Bora 1999

Volkswagen Bora 2001

Volkswagen Golf 1987

Volkswagen Golf 1988

Volkswagen Golf 1989

Volkswagen Golf 1990

Volkswagen Golf 1997

Volkswagen Golf 1998

Volkswagen Golf 1999

Volkswagen Golf 2000

Volkswagen Golf 2001

Volkswagen Golf 2002

Volkswagen Golf 2003

Volkswagen Golf 2004

Volkswagen Golf 2006

Volkswagen Golf II 1983

Volkswagen Golf III 1991

Volkswagen Jetta 2006

Volkswagen New Beetle 1999

Volkswagen New Beetle 2000

Volkswagen New Beetle 2001

Volkswagen New Beetle 2002

Volkswagen New Beetle 2003

Volkswagen New Beetle 2004

Volkswagen Parati 1994

Volkswagen Parati 1995

Volkswagen Parati 1996

Volkswagen Parati 1997

Volkswagen Parati 1998

Volkswagen Parati 1999

Volkswagen Passat 1973

Volkswagen Passat 1997

Volkswagen Passat 1998

Volkswagen Passat 1999

Volkswagen Passat 2003

Volkswagen Phaeton 2002

Volkswagen Polo 1994

Volkswagen Polo 1996

Volkswagen Polo 1997

Volkswagen Polo 1998

Volkswagen Polo 2005

Volkswagen Rabbit 1977

Volkswagen Rabbit 1983

Volkswagen Rabbit 1984

Volkswagen Rabbit 2006

Volkswagen Rabbit 2007

Volkswagen Touareg 2007

Volkswagen Touran 2007
 

 

 

 

Volkswagen Passenger Cars is a German manufacturing brand/marque of motor car/automobile, based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the major component (in volume of sales) of the much larger Volkswagen Group ("Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft", or "Volkswagen AG"), which is the world's fourth largest car producer after Toyota, Ford, and General Motors respectively.

The Volkswagen name means "people's car" in German, Its current tagline or slogan is Das Auto (in English The Car). Its previous German tagline was Aus Liebe zum Automobil, which translates to: Out of Love for the Car, or, For Love of the Automobile, as translated by VW in other languages.

Volkswagen history

Adolf Hitler had a keen interest in cars even though he did not drive. In 1933, shortly after taking over as leader of Germany, he asked Ferdinand Porsche to make changes to his original 1931 design to make it more suited for the working man. Hans Ledwinka discussed his ideas with Ferdinand Porsche, who used many Tatra design features in the 1938 "KdF-Wagen", later known as the VW Käfer - or Volkswagen Beetle. On 22 June 1934, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche agreed to create the "People's Car" for Hitler.